Tag: Quotas

I just finished a simple Exchange Shell page. Exchange 2010 / 2013 Management Shell type commands can be very useful and highly effective. If the task at hand can be done easily by the Console, then I usually just stick with that.

I need to be able to set employee mailbox quotas at the database level, which will guarantee all mailboxes in that database have the same same quotas. I was unable to find the exact command to use online to accomplish following: set a quota on a DATABASE (not a mailbox, which is easy and not as dangerous) AND also override any current settings. Exchange and / or Systems Administrators are wise to test command line items beginning with “SET”. So in my case, I was able to set up a test database in Exchange. I set that database quota default to something silly, like @ 50 Megabytes = no email receiving ability.

I then moved 2 test mailboxes to the test database. I verified each mailbox had distinct individual quotas and were not inheriting the database defaults. I then went to the Exchange Management Shell. I knew I’d be setting (SET-), like a database. But I also recalled the syntax actually was Set-MailboxDatabase. This shell can be friendly, for instance if you have an idea of where you’re going, you type a few letters you can try the arrow keys. It may go through a menu of available arguments. Regardless I decided to skip the Google or Bing searches, which continuously yielded MAILBOX quota search results. [Again, I’m trying to set quota defaults at the Database level and override individual quotas]. Instead I used the very helpful -? option

As seen above, if you dig in enough you can see 3 key areas – issue warning, prohibit send, and prohibit send/receive.

[NOTE: IF YOU USE ‘PROHIBIT SEND AND RECEIVE”, EMAILS TO YOUR OVER QUOTA EMPLOYEES WILL NOT ARRIVE – NOT A GOOD PRACTICE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE]. Ok, then.

I am not sure about other Exchange Server Email infrastructure administrators, but I find it challenging to come up with reasonable mailbox quotas AND implementing them in a time efficient and coherent manor. The goal is to set maximum mailbox size quotas that work for all involved: I.T. Departments and various employees and respective departments. […]

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